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Liz Kendall
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(14 years, 7 months ago)
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Mr Speaker
Order. Brief questions and brief answers are now of the essence.
Liz Kendall (Leicester West) (Lab)
Will the Minister say what help to get off benefits and into work will be available for young people between the future jobs fund ending, which he said would happen in a couple of months, and the Government’s new single Work programme, which he said would not be available until March 2011?
Chris Grayling
We will be maintaining all the existing programmes, and in particular the flexible new deal, right up until the start of the Work programme next year. The flexible new deal is by far the largest programme that the previous Government put in place to support young people and older people into employment. It is important to ensure that we maintain continuity of support right up to the point when the Work programme is ready to be launched.